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Pitcher Partners loses second bid to toss $127M Twigg family lawsuit
Accounting 2023-08-23 3:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pitcher Partners has lost its appeal of a decision that refused to stay a lawsuit over the accounting firm’s alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twigg’s misappropriation of $127 million from his family. 

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Judge blasts Pitcher Partners’ ‘terrible’ argument in $127M appeal against Twigg family
Appeals 2023-07-25 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has taken Pitcher Partners to task in its appeal seeking to throw out a lawsuit over the accounting firm’s alleged involvement in race car driver Max Twigg’s misappropriation of $127 million from his family. 

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Arrium lenders file High Court challenge over directors’ loan drawdowns
Amy Munro 2023-07-25 3:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of Arrium have filed for special leave to appeal to the High Court after losing their latest bid to make two directors liable for allegedly misleading them about loan drawdown notices ahead of the steel company’s $2.8 billion collapse. 

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High Court challenge could clarify scope of reliance damages
Anna Mitchelmore 2023-05-11 5:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A city council in the Hunter Valley region is set to appeal to the High Court a decision that found it was liable to pay a flight company over $3.6 million in damages for wasted expenditure after it repudiated a contract to lease land at the local airport.

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Lenders of collapsed Arrium lose appeal over directors’ loan drawdowns
Amy Munro 2023-05-10 12:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank and other lenders of failed steel giant Arrium have lost a second attempt to put two of the company’s directors on the hook for alleged misleading representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse.

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Ex-BCEG directors claw back costs after shaving $12.5M off judgment
Anna Mitchelmore 2023-05-04 2:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Two ex-directors of Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG who were found to have defrauded the company have succeeded in clawing back a portion of their costs of a partially successful appeal which reduced the amount owing to their former employee by around $12.5 million.

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Allianz to appeal ruling over indemnity for historic sex abuse claims
Allianz 2023-04-27 10:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Allianz has flagged it will appeal a ruling that found it must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar.

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KordaMentha partners fight examination over Arrium administration
Alexander Di Stefano 2023-04-14 3:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is fighting a challenge by three KordaMentha partners to the regulator’s decision to allow insurer Atradius to subject them to public examination over their administration of failed steel giant Arrium.

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In fight with ex-Orix CEO, Chubb can argue Coca-Cola Amatil knew nothing of alleged bribes
Alice Zheng 2023-03-22 9:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Facing a claim to cover the legal costs of former Orix CEO John Carter under a D&O policy, Chubb has been given the green light to argue that Coca-Cola Amatil’s board had no knowledge of alleged secret bribes.

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Insurer must indemnify church for historic sex abuse claims
Caspar Conde 2023-03-10 6:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Allianz must indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred up to four decades ago at the exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar, a judge has found.

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